It’s the new Miracle on Ice. Strip the old one of the Olympic, political and nationalistic implications and you’re left with tonight’s USC-UCLA showdown. In fact, tonight also compares favorably with another hockey classic: junior Team USA’s epic penalty-shot-deciding triumph over Team Iceland in the timeless, “D2: The Mighty Ducks.” Against a tense backdrop, 1980s epic Olympic hockey final pitted the world’s two unquestioned superpowers, the United States and USSR, on an icy battleground determining another Cold War contest of democracy vs. Read more...

The UCLA men’s soccer team had a banner day Friday at the ninth-annual MLS SuperDraft, as five seniors were drafted in the first three rounds. UCLA led all universities with its five draft picks. Read more...

On a generally quiet holiday weekend around Westwood, the UCLA gymnastics team was out making noise all over the country. Friday, the Bruins traveled to Tucson, where they faced the Arizona Wildcats in a dual meet they would eventually drop, 196.725-194.625. Read more...

So you’re wondering, where in the world is Michael Fey? Well, Ben Howland certainly has to be anyway. At 7-feet, 250 pounds, Fey, UCLA’s starting center, should be an imposing physical presence underneath the basket. Read more...

The reality for UCLA is that no amount of swishes could have drowned out the screech. How well No. 7 Arizona played was to be expected considering it was already on a maddening two-game losing streak. Read more...

There is no question that the stronger Trojan hockey team has victimized the Bruins all year. The Trojans have won all four of the rivals’ games. Read more...

With starting UCLA center Michael Fey experiencing a rebound drought, it was no surprise that Arizona big man Channing Frye turned in a spectacular performance Saturday at Pauley Pavilion. Read more...